q-exponential, Weibull, and q-Weibull distributions: An empirical analysis

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 324, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 678-688

  Picoli Jr , S ^a   Mendes, R S ^a   Malacarne, L C ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

q Weibull; Tsallis statistics; Weibull; Zipf Mandelbrot

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCIES; INTERPOLATION; RETAIL STORES; SALES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

INVERSE POWER LAW;

WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0038147092     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(03)00071-2     Document Type: Article

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